Chrome Extension & LinkedIn

How is the confidence score, returned on LinkedIn profiles, calculated?

When our Chrome extension guesses an email on LinkedIn, it also displays a confidence score to help you know if you can rely on it. This score depends on the probability that our email pattern is correct and the complexity of the name you supplied.

Why do I get a notice about limiting my searches on LinkedIn?

If many profiles are visited on LinkedIn in a short span of time, LinkedIn can block the access to certain pages or can even ban the account. That’s why the extension displays a warning when it estimates the account is closed to have a restricted access.
Please note that to save email addresses from search pages on LinkedIn, the extension also visits the profiles in the background to save the information associated with the lead.

Will people know if I’ve looked for their emails when I do a search on LinkedIn?

No, however, they will see that you visited their profile. This is due to the way we extract and retrieve the email address from the profile you requested an email address for to get the email.

Is there a way to install the extension without using the Chrome Web Store?

Installing the extension manually may be necessary if your country blocks Google or if you would like to test an unpublished version of the extension. To do so, please follow this short tutorial.

Are you using my private data on LinkedIn?

The only data we save from LinkedIn is the leads you want to save in your account. We are fully transparent on how the extension works and you can learn more on our Privacy Policy page.

Is this extension available on browsers other than Chrome?

No, we only have the Chrome Extension for now, which means you can only use our extension on Chrome.

Why can't I get email addresses with the Chrome Extension on certain profiles or searches on LinkedIn?

The Hunter LinkedIn search is compatible with the free version of LinkedIn, LinkedIn Sales Navigator, and LinkedIn Recruiter.

The checkboxes in searches are only available in the free version of LinkedIn and Sales Navigator.

Please refresh the page on LinkedIn to make sure it doesn't work and contact us if you think there is a problem.

What are the required columns for the Email Finder?

In the Google Sheets Add-on, these are the columns you need to have to make the Email Finder work:

The first name

The last name

The company name or the domain name of the company

Please note, the integration will return better results if you provide the domain names instead of the company names in your file.

With LinkedIn, if “save even if email is not found” is checked, does that person count towards my request usage?

No, requests are only used to find emails. Saving a lead doesn’t count a request.

How do I integrate Hunter into LinkedIn?

You can install our Chrome extension from the Chrome Web Store. You can't use it on other browsers than Chrome.

Why did I get blocked on LinkedIn?

If many profiles are visited on LinkedIn in a short span of time, LinkedIn can block the access to certain pages or can even ban the account. However, the extension counts the number of profiles you visit and displays a warning when you are close to the limit to prevent you from having any issue with LinkedIn.

How does the extension find the email address on LinkedIn?

The extension uses the first name, last name, and company of the profile to find the email address in our database. The extension guesses the most likely email address using the email pattern used in the company (for example {first}.{last}@company.com) and returns a confidence score.

Is the Chrome extension free to use?

Yes! You can create a free account and get 100 free requests/month. Discover our premium accounts if you need more.

What are the permissions asked from me and why are they required?

"Read and change your data on hunter.io, LinkedIn.com and other websites": We have to ask this permission to allow the Hunter's Chrome extension to read the required information on LinkedIn profiles to find the email addresses and save these profiles as leads if you want to do so.

On the other hand, we request to read your data to adapt pages on the Hunter website when you have installed the extension to provide a better experience. This permission will be also used if we decide to integrate the extension on other websites in the future.

"Read your browsing history": This permission is required to get the domain name of the page you're visiting when you click on the browser button so you can make a Hunter search that corresponds to the right website. Please, note the extension only reads the content that is directly required to run the features described only.

"Communicate with cooperating websites": This permission is required for communication with Hunter's website. We use it to know if you have installed the extension or not (for example to avoid sending you an email about the Chrome extension if you have already installed it).

How do email searches on websites work using the extension?

Each time you visit a website, simply click Hunter's Chrome Extension to get a list of email addresses directly in your browser. We'll display every email address found on the web associated with the domain name of the site you're visiting. For each email address, the extension will provide the sources where the email was found along with its discovery date.

Why do I get stuck on loading when trying to save leads from LinkedIn's search?

To save leads, the extension needs to visit the profiles in the background and collect the information. If it keeps displaying "Loading..." it probably means it couldn't load these pages.

This can happen is two cases:

LinkedIn failed at returning the profiles. The risk increases if you try to save many profiles in one click. In this case, the workaround is simply to refresh the page and try again.

LinkedIn blocks the access to profiles. This can happen if you tried to save many leads during the same day (there should be a warning displayed by the extension if you're close to the limit). To verify if this is the case, try to visit a profile.

How many leads can I save from LinkedIn searches?

There is no limit on how many leads you can save. That being said, there is a limit:

On the number of emails you can find, which is defined by the plan you have on Hunter.

On the number of profiles you can save from LinkedIn per day. When you save a profile from LinkedIn the extension visits it to collect the data you need. LinkedIn limits the number of profiles you can visit every day, which limits the number of leads you can save. Depending on the feedback we had, this limit seems to be around 500 profiles a day.